Swivel



Fel?. 12 1924,- 41,483,556

O. H. SLEEPER ASWIVEL Filed Jan. 29. 1923 /nvenov1 Om H. Juani@ Patented Feb. l2, i924.

nire fs a if if; Fidi@ E e OTIS H. SLEEPER, OF EXETER, NEW HAMPSIIIRE, ASSIGNOR TO PERLEY B. SLEEPER,

OF EXETER, NEVI HAMPSHIRE.

SWIVEL.

i Application led January 29, 1923.

T o all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Oris H. SLnnrEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Exeter, county of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swivels, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates t0 chain swivels, and particularly to the attachment of the chain ring to the swivel cap. This is the point of greatest weakness of the swivel, and where both ends of the chain ring have been soldered to the cap, the ring sometimes pulls out and the watch or other article of jewelry carried by the swivel is apt to drop from the suspension chain.

To the end therefore of providing a swivel in which the chain ring is positively secured to the swivel cap I have devised my present invention. In it one end of the ring is permanently anchored to the swivel cap, and the other end of said ring is entered wit-hin a looking slot milled in the cap. By this construction I avoid the necessity of soldering both ends of the ring to the cap.

My chain ring is simple and inexpensive of production and increases the strength of the ring connection materially as compared with the soldered type, and, moreover, permits the link of the suspension chain to be readily inserted into the chain ring by simply disengaging the free end of said ring from its locking slot and swinging the ring laterally relative to said slot.

The construction and operation of my invention, together with a selected embodiment which well illustrates the principles involved, is described and shown in the accompanying specication and drawings, throughout which like reference characters are applied and the characteristic features of novelty are particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Fig. l is an elevation of a chain swivel eqiipped in accordance with my invention, an

2 is a view at right angles to Fig. l.

Serial No. 615,463.

I have indicated at l thc swivel cap of a chain swivel of standard type and at 2 the chain ring which is of resilient or bendable material. One end of the chain ring is permanently anchored at 3 to the swivel cap.v The opposite end 4 of the ring is adapted to be entered in a circumferentially disposed locking slot 5. which-is milled in said cap to thereby lock the ring to the cap. When so entered, the ring is firmly engaged with the cap, but may be swung iaterally to admit the link or ring of the suspension chain without distorting either the cap or the end 4 of the chain ring.

Various modiiications in the form of my device may obviously be resorted to all without departing from the spirit of my invention if within the limits of the appended claims.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In combination with the swivel cap of a chain swivel, said cap having a locking slot, a chain ring rigidly anchored at one end to said cap and having its opposite end releasably engaged in said slot.

2. In combination with the swivel cap of a chain swivel, said cap `having a circumferentially disposed locking slot, a chain ring rigidly anchored at one end. to said cap and having its opposite end releasably engaged in said slot.

3. In combination with the swivel Cap of a chain swivel, said cap having a circumferentially disposed locking slot, a chain ring permanently anchored at one end to said cap and having its opposite end releasably engaged in said slot, said ring adapted to be swung laterally relative to said cap to disengage said end from said slot.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTIS H. SLEEPER.

Witnesses:

PERLEY B. SLEEPER, LEILA J. CHASE. 

